Is This What It Takes To Be Beautiful?

By xX pretty vacant Xx

could you give me something for the pain please?
fix this mind as i break myself.

bloodshot eyes -
stare back and scream.
but the glass keeps her there
in a different world to me...

it's for her own safety.

"i want to be so skinny that i rot from view"

thin is beautiful.
you are not.
i want to be so skinny
that i rot.

but i'm not.
i'm fucking not.

and then there's the guilt
and the feelings of failure,
and my already spinning head
becomes dizzier
and i fall
and it's black.
but i like it this way
you can't see the fat

"are your legs wide and fleshy at the top?"

yes they fucking are.

one day i will take a razor
and i will hack away at this flesh
until there is nothing left
of me

my legs can't support anything right now
but if they could
i would walk to the bathroom
and i would thrust my fingers
so far down my throat
that it burns
and i'd cry for help
but nobody would hear

i would make myself pay
for losing control
again.
i would make myself pay
until i saw blood.
until i was empty.
i would see blood
then i would carry on
until there is nothing inside me.
until i am empty.

one day i will be weightless,
and i will fly away from this pain in which i drown.

one day i will be me,
just skin stretched across bones
skin across beautiful, beautiful bones.

is this what it takes to be perfect?
no energy,
blackouts,
shivering,
dizziness,
pain.

pain that you try to numb with razorblades.
but pain so bad that you can't block it out anymore,
and you eat.
you give in.
you lose control
just to make it go away.

and then you're worthless.

then you've failed.

and you have to pay.

i can still taste acid in my mouth.

i can still smell failure.

one day i'll fly.
one day i'll be just the bones.
thin is beautiful.

this is not.

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Copyright 2004 xX pretty vacant Xx
Published on Monday, July 26, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Miztaken4beauty On Thursday, April 8, 2010, Miztaken4beauty (176)By person wrote:

    Warped perception of beauty. Great write.

  • Reefer_rave On Tuesday, August 14, 2007, Reefer_rave (139)By person wrote:

    "but i like it this way / you can't see the fat" The lights are never dim enough are they ... wonderfuly done

  • anakronistik_me On Sunday, April 1, 2007, anakronistik_me (24)By person wrote:

    umm...wow. this one really hit home. almost started crying actually. extremely powerful. *faves*

  • OLd SouL On Sunday, August 8, 2004, OLd SouL (717)By person wrote:

    Raw is right... I hate that this had to written.. you are beautiful inside and for me, thats all I can see.. all I need to see. :::OLd

  • elisa On Tuesday, July 27, 2004, elisa (1595)By person wrote:

    This is amazing...The reality of being a women these days is writen in this poem...Beautiful work:)

  • A former member wrote: one day i will be weightless, and i will fly away from this pain in which i drown. Beautiful! very raw, i felt it

  • urbanhumility On Monday, July 26, 2004, urbanhumility (1158)By person wrote:

    inward and dark.......i feel you on this one..........well done..........urban

  • sixsixnine On Monday, July 26, 2004, sixsixnine (476)By person wrote:

    you're very talented fuck the flesh.. the acid will help if you let it.. everythings just fucked but don't let get you down. i like this though*669*

  • Crystal Passion On Monday, July 26, 2004, Crystal Passion (221)By person wrote:

    speaks like my highschool bibliography, I completely relate to the pain you feel inside

  • Northstar On Monday, July 26, 2004, Northstar (374)By person wrote:

    woah...this was painfully gritty and honest--you reveal what plagues you so clearly and powerfully--nicely done

  • mysticventures On Monday, July 26, 2004, mysticventures (527)By person wrote:

    powerfully tormenting

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